Saturday, May 22, 2010

National Public Radio recently broadcast a segment on NPR's Weekend Edition, entitled "Man and Machines: Pat Metheny's Orchestrion"

From expert Steve Ryder:

In it Ashley Kahn interviews jazz artist Metheny, and they also paya respectful nod to traditional orchestrions of the past with a visitto Popper's "Rex" orchestrion in the M.D. Guinness collection at theMorris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey.

Metheny's "Orchestrion" tour has circulated Europe and some of theU.S.A. and it hits Manhattan this weekend. In June the tour goes toSouth Korea and Japan, and there are some return dates in the New York and New Jersey area in October. More can be found on http://www.patmetheny.com/

Meanwhile, the CBS Sunday Morning News TV segment on Metheny's "Orchestrion" has been rescheduled for a date to be announced.